Memorandum

Date: February 28, 2017

To: Professor ChinnFrom: Sarah EarlSubject: Why Am I?

In response the assigned task I have compiled a brief evaluation of my

survery results from PeopleStyles and CarreerLeader. For the past 8 weeks,we have been evaluating ourselves in class through surveys, partnershipevaluations and self reflection. In the following document I will review bothsurveys, one completed by myself and one completed by a group of mypeers through several questions. After reading this evaluation you will gain abetter understanding of my prominent qualities.

What is your PeopleStyle as identified when you took that

assessment? Did the survey respondents identify you as having adifferent style? If so, why do you think that is? After receiving feedback from five people, the results were unanimous, I wasclassified as expressive. When looking at individual result postings, opinionsabout my behaivor were almost unanimous, demonstrating a strong pollingpopulation. My strongest results reflected that I was task-oriented, fastpaced, quick to solve problem and thought with logic. All of these categorieswere scored 100% in this direction with no varience. Going into the future, Inow know these are the strongest behaivoral qualities.

Did responses converge with or diverge from the CareerLeader

CultureMatch personality dimension results? How could you tell? Once I had completed viewing my PeopleStyle match, I was able to compareit to the results from my reflective survey CareerLeader. Upon comparison, Ifound that many of the results matched, I scored high on creativity andinnovation, decribed by an ability to be innovative. An average score wasdetermined for extraversion, decivness, precision and planning, all of whichsupport my task-oriented logical thinking.

Were there common themes in the responses regarding the words

that described you or your key values? Why or why not?Both of the vaualtions, classified my as a task oriented logical thinker who isfriendly yet will focus on the task at hand. Additionally I am more likely towork fast and efficently. Together these results portray my hard work ethic,but display a possible lack in my people skills. Both results state it is not thatI am unfriendly but when a task is set before me I am more oriented towardthe task then the interpersonal relationships.Were any of the responses surprising to you? Which ones and why?The PeopleStyles survey results showd that 80% of people think hat I amloud spoken, when I view myself as a quiet introvert. It is possible thesepeople think that because they know me in a personal setting, where I amcomfortable and more out-going. However, my current employer took thissurvey and said the same thing, suggesting that when in a work environmentI am able to work through my intraversion and do the task presented.

What was the most common virtual tool that respondents use tostay in touch with you? How much time and effort do you give tothis tool? How does that time and effort compare to other tools youuse?The virtual tool I use the most to communicate with my peers andcouleagues is my phone or email. I put a fair amount of effort into my phoneand several email accounts due to its importance in day-to-day tasks. Theeffort and attention I give to my phone and email reflect its popularity incomparison to less used communication tools such as Tumblr, Snapchat orLinkedIn. However I feel that LinkedIn did not accuratley reflect the time Igive it due to this being a survey of people who mostly know me personallyrather than professionally.

What is the most important lesson you learned from this assignmentthat you can use moving forwardThis assignment gave me the opportunity to self-reflect and see myselfthrough the eyes of other. It taught me that all of our behaivors can beclassified, through this classification nothing is good nor bad, however wecan use all percieved strengths and weaknesses to our advantage. Thebiggest take-away I received from this assignment is that I am a task-driven,logical thinker which I feel is an very big strength, however I would like towork on evening it out with better people skills.

After reviewing the questions above, I was able to work through my results inways I have not been able to before. When looking solely at a self relfectionthe results are skewed and it is easy to think you are percieving yourself asyou would like to be seen. Only after reviewing results from a peer reviewand comparing them to our self-reflection are we able to see who we reallyare. I am a strong thinker and less likely to lean toward interpersonalrelationships. Through this I am able to review my weaknesses and turnthem into strengths. Please contact me with any questions or concerns atsearl@email.arizona.edu.